Weeeee Zafra said she enjoyed reading my entry and that she could hear my voice!

And so I joined Jessica Zafra’s LitWit Challenge 2.10 on her webiste Jessica Rules the Universe last week with the theme “The Story of Your Life”, where Zafra wanted her readers to write about yes, the story of their life in 1,000 words max without using adjectives or adverbs. The winner gets a collection of short stories by the late John Updike, and novels by Russell Banks and Kathryn Walker.

Every day after submitting this, I would visit her webiste at least twice to check out the other entries and if Zafra left a comment for my piece (she usually comments on the entries that either had violations or caught her eye, in a good way). I didn’t get any.

(Although when I submitted for the previous contest, the LitWit Challenge 2.9: The End of the Affair, where Zafra wanted a break-up story without the Star Cinema and Twilight cheese (she had a Yucch meter that she updated daily), she had this to say: “Ilaya: Oy, contemporary romance. The one-letter breakup. Nice.” It was the best press of the Refresh button I’ve ever done. It made me feel like I’m actually a writer, like I’m already published author. and I couldn’t stop smiling; it’s Zafra. I’m not so much of a fan, but it’s Zafra, and do I really have to say it twice? Anyway, you can find my non-winning entry here.)

I visited her site for the 10th or so time today, and finally, she has news about the Challenge’s winner. And she had this to say:

“Parlo lover, Pangngalang Pambalana, Ayie, pulsar, Benjamin_of_12, ilaya, lance: I enjoyed reading your entries, I thought I could hear your voices. Iceproof and Momelia: I like how you exposed yourselves, not to get a little sympathy but to purge.”

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100 Things to Do Before I Die (in no particular order)

1. Sing in a band, or sing on a stage in front of a lot of people. SEMI-DONE! (February 2016, at the OTWOL cast party)
2. Visit Easter Island in Chile.
3. Visit the Great Wall of China.
4. Party in New York.
5. Watch a play in Broadway. - DONE! (March 2016)
6. See the Mona Lisa. - DONE! (February 2014)
7. Have a song I wrote played on the radio.
8. Get a tattoo of my own artwork.
9. Have my film screened at Sundance! ! !
10. Win a Palanca! - DONE! (August 2014, 3rd Prize, Dulang Pampelikula)
11. Publish a book. - DONE! (August 2015, The Arrow With a Heart Pierced Through Him)
12. Gumawa ng isang malaking painting and hang it on my sala's wall.
13. Deliver a memorable commencement speech.
14. Watch Sarah Kaye or Bassey Ikpi do spoken word live in New York.
15. Get a standing ovation for my film.
16. See the Kremlin in Russia.
17. See The Bean in Chicago. DONE! (March 2016)
18. See Macchu Picchu.
19. Watch an NBA game live.
20. Direct a Piolo-Juday film.
21. Do a Paris film.
22. Rotteram or Clairmont-Ferrand! ! !
23. Have a flight upgraded to business class by face value hihi
24. Meet Judith Weston.
25. Watch an Alanis Morisette concert.
26. Meet Brian Andreas.
27. Meet Jason Reitman or Charlie Kauffman.
28. Holy Land pilgrimage for Mama and Papa.
29. See the aurora borealis.
30. Sky-dive in Dubai.
31. Ride a hot air balloon.
32. Buy a farm for Mama and Papa.
33. See the pyramids in Egypt.
34. See the Taj Mahal in India.
35. See the Hagia Sophia in Turkey.
36. See the Pope. - DONE! (September 2015)
37. See the Sagrada Familia. - DONE! (February 2015)
38. Ride the gondola in Venice. - DONE! (April 2012)
39. See the Parthenon in Athens. - DONE! (2011)
40. Walk the Great Wall of China.
41. See the Christ the Redeemer in Brazil.
42. Watch an Olympic game live.
43. See the Niagara Falls in New York or Canada.
44. Write a letter to Juliet in Verona.
45. Write something for Mama and Papa.
46. See the Eiffel Tower. - DONE! (February 2014)
47. See the Macchu Piccu in Peru.
48. See the Stonehenge in England.
49. Walk across Abbey Road in London.
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